Most married couples, even though they love each other very much in theory, tend to view each other in practice as large teeming flaw colonies, the result of being that they get on each other's nerves and regularly erupt into vicious emotional shouting matches over such issues as toaster settings. ~Dave Barry
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A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. ~English Proverb
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Once I began doing stand-up, I didn't get a kick out of the applause or being the centre of attention; but I did get a kick out of the jigsaw puzzle aspect of it, searching for the right bit, adding another few pieces each night until the bigger picture appears. That's the appeal: the challenge of it. ~Stephen Merchant
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I know people will think it's funny because I've done glamour modelling in the past, but I felt embarrassed about my body and just wanted to cover it up. ~Jennifer Ellison
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Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will march straight ahead without looking back. ~Zhu Rongji
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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Lend your money and lose your friend. ~English Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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In his eyes shone the reflection of the most beautiful planet in the Universe; a planet that is not too hot and not too cold; that has liquid water on the surface and where the gravity is just right for human beings and the atmosphere is perfect for them to breathe; where there are mountains and deserts and oceans and islands and forests and trees and birds and plants and animals and insects and people; lots and lots of people. Where there is life. Some of it, possibly, intelligent. ~Stephen Hawking
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Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ~English Proverb
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Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. ~English Proverb.
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Every new day is another chance to change your life. ~Native American Proverb
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Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow. ~English Proverb
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No doctor is better than three. ~German Proverb
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It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. ~English Proverb
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I only discovered the "Harry Potter" series in my tenth standard. I dived right into it, often reading non-stop through the day and night. It was the morning after one such readathon when I was to appear for a chemistry exam. Spending my night with the third edition of "Harry Potter" didn't help much, and I fared poorly. ~Sonam Kapoor
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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Bygone troubles are good to tell. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Eat little, sleep sound. ~Iranian Proverb
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What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth. ~Jewish Proverb
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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Humanitarian convictions are the linchpins of our salvation, and these an artist must champion. ~Eric Maisel
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